當你需要知道一個詞的定義，翻譯，發音，同義詞或者反義詞時，你無須再像你的祖父母那樣，從書架上拉出一本大辭典，撣去灰塵，快速翻閱那薄薄的書頁——你可以在因特網上就地查獲。除了大多數字處理器與作業系統提供的標準型詞典和拼寫檢驗器之外，還有一些基於網路的能給你所需資訊的語言工具可供使用。

VisuWords:線上虛擬化視覺詞庫以一種動態的圖形化節點地圖的樣式定義並顯示詞與詞之間的關係，因而你可以點選相關詞語周遊遍歷。Visuwords™採用了普林斯頓大學的WordNet技術，由在校學生和語言研究人員共同創辦的一個開源資料庫，構建現代網路技術和使用者介面相結合的視覺化工具。

Connect words visually, according to their semantic relationships, with this playful dictionary. Visuwords produces an interactive node graph network.

Web site Visuwords defines and displays relationships between words in a fast and effective graphical map of meaning. When you first search for a word with Visuwords, you’ll see the word pop up in the center and nodes pop out from there for each meaning of the word. Each of those nodes will spawn their own relational nodes, connected by lines that indicate meaning (for example, a red diamond indicates an antonym), and double-clicking any of those nodes will expand your tree of meaning from that point. Visuwords is a quick visual dictionary-and-thesaurus-in-one tool that offers a fresh and useful way to look at words, understand meanings, and find new ways of saying what you’re looking to say.